Frozen copy retrieved 2026-08-20T07-43-22Z for audit 2026-08-20T10-12-46Z. Original URL: internal://logs/operator-20260820.log#00-18-00-43. The Stochastic Parrot does not host or redistribute; this snapshot exists solely so that quoted spans remain verifiable if the original page changes. Character offsets below index into this plain text; highlighted spans are the quotes cited in the audit.

the death-spiral incident, three consecutive skipped cycles

operator cycle log, data/logs/operator-20260820.log · back to the audit

2026-08-20T00:18:27-07:00 brain fallback: last cycle failed on deepseek (timed_out=false rc=1) -- this cycle runs on claude / 2026-08-20T00:18:28-07:00 spend_guard: skip (MONTHLY_NOTIONAL_CAP:$1044.51/$1000) / === operator cycle end rc=0 (budget skip) ===. The identical two lines repeat at 00:42:43-00:42:45 and 00:43:20-00:43:22. Three consecutive cycles, roughly ninety minutes, zero output.